We are told about the Jean
Harlow connection, a new book, new CDs, Laurel and
Hardy and pantomime, how Ken Dodd came to unveil
the Laurel and Hardy statue in Ulverston, a
convention at the Library of Congress Packard
Campus in the USA, a visit by Saps at Sea Tent
members to the USA, some rare artwork from around
the world, an examination of how Laurel and Hardy
films might be considered in today's climate of
sensitivity and correctness, a piece on AE Pickard
and the regular "Cockles and Mussels".

Graeme Green writes on
Facebook: "I can confirm that Andrew Shepherd will
be performing his play The Fiddle and the Bow
for our entertainment and pleasure on the
October 25th at the Harlequin Pub in
Sheffield."

Exhibition

Just fell over this in the news.
Otto is in Germany a well known comedian and I have known
him since I was a child.

Please find below an extract of the
news comment (translated by Google) and the picture I found
most interesting.

The elephants are called Ottifanten
which would be called ottifants in English I
suppose.

Michael
Schmitz

Otto Gerhard Waalkes, 70,
is a painter. "The mental preparation is the most
important thing," says Otto about the emergence of his
art. "I'll do that in bed in the morning." Everything
else the Ostfriese then does in a small studio in the
west of his adopted hometown of Hamburg. The paintings,
most of which were made in recent years, can be seen from
Friday on in an exhibition at the Museum of Arts and
Crafts (MKG) - under the frivolous title "Otto - Die
Ausstellung". An entirely new section of work or noble,
original art can not be expected here. Even in his
painting Otto remains completely Otto, and therefore can
not actually disappoint.